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Friday, 21 June 2019

The Myths and Truths of Margaret Farley

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The story of John Farley is well-known, as the man who reputedly saw Fred Fisher’s ghost. His wife Margaret also has an interesting story. ...
Friday, 14 June 2019

Emma Hume's Diary

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A treasure we hold at the library is the diary of Emma Hume. Emma lived a large part of her life at 'Beulah' on the Appin Road, not ...
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Tuesday, 4 June 2019

Terrifying Train Trip

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Camden Train besides Narellan Road at Kenny Hill travelling towards Campbelltown in 1962 It's amazing to think that a steam train c...
Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Sister Haultain

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Recently I became aware of the name Helen Frances Jane Cynthia Haultain. Ingleburn RSL has a memorial park and plaque dedicated to her, and ...
Friday, 10 May 2019

More Then and Nows

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Three out of the four comparisons below were taken around the area where Dumaresq Street intersects with Queen Street in Campbelltown. The o...
Wednesday, 1 May 2019

Mystery Solved...possibly!

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A few weeks ago I posted about the very difficult task of identifying more (actually anything) about the above photograph. I knew my chan...
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Thursday, 18 April 2019

The Railway Harmons

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In the Campbelltown Ingleburn News of April 30 th , 1968, it was reported that Frederick Harmon of Campbelltown would drive the inaugural e...
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